We recently published a poem titled “After, Thoughts–A Pantoum” by John C. Hay that drew some praise that landed in my inbox from fans.
Granted, these emails were from fans of poetry who were happy to see another genre publication printing poetry (but it is a great poem!). Their encouragement has inspired me to start publishing a poem or two per issue of Apex Magazine.
But there’s a catch!
I am no poetry editor. Neither is Deb Taber, Gill Ainsworth, Jennifer Brozek, Maggie Jamison, or Sarah Brandel. Mari Adkins knows poetry, but she’s only interested in the kind that is written while dressed in goth clothing during Samhain.
This means I’m looking for a poetry editor to join our team.
Naturally, this work would be on a voluntary basis. At least, until somebody figures out how to get wealthy publishing an online ‘zine and making it such that we can pay our dedicated minions.
I’l be accepting applications over the next couple of weeks. What do we want in an applicant? Obviously, somebody who is well-read, particularly in the field of genre poetry. You’ll need to provide proof that you have some degree of experience in the field of poetry. This can come in many forms…past editing, published works, school degrees, etc.
Please send your query letter and submission to jason@apexbookcompany.com.
I’ll be looking forward to seeing who pops up out of the wilds of the internet.
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APEXOLOGY: Horror
posted far, if not incredibly wide. hoping one or two people in particular will step up :)
and rubbing my hands in glee at the shot of submitting some poetry. ;)
I don’t know if I have been waiting for you or you for me. I am your ticket to punch as I write poetry in every genre. I abhor horror, but guess what I write the stuff anyway. A book is soon to come out with my poetry and storytelling in it. Full color horror, vampires. I am a paid speaker at retirement homes all around the Syracuse N.Y area. and speak at schools and churches.
I have written Poetry from the age of 15. I still write and critique it five decades later. I am on numerous writing sites. I am a published writer of short stories and poems. I recently won a short story contest in Portugal – and I live in the U.S. Poetry and writing in general has always been a passion of mine. Feel free to contact me regarding any other details connected with this posting. I would gladly send samples out to you. I am well known on sites all over the web. Cheers.
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HA HA HA jason
Just curious. I see this post is almost a year old, but there’s no Poetry Editor shown on your masthead. Did you ever bring someone on?
Yes, we did. I just haven’t had a chance to update the About page.